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Poker Rules
Texas Hold'em
Omaha Hold'em
Seven-Card Stud
Mississippi Seven-Card Stud
Texas Hold'em <top>
Object: The best possible five card poker hand, using any combination
of hole cards and community cards, wins the pot.
Betting Rounds
1.The dealer deals each player their own two cards face-down (pocket cards)
2.1st betting round
3.The dealer burns a card then turns over three community cards face-up
(the flop)
4.2nd betting round
5.The dealer burns another card then turns over 1 more community card (the turn,4th
street)
6.3rd betting round
7.The dealer burns another card then turns over 1 final community card (the
river,5th street )
8.Last betting round
9.Showdown (Every remaining player shows hand with bettor showing first)
All remaining players must use one of the following choices at the showdown:
Two pocket cards & three boardcards
One pocket card & four boardcards
No pocket cards & five boardcards (called playing the board)
Rules for Betting
There are four betting rounds in Texas Holdem.
Bets and raises on the first two betting rounds are set at the lower limit
of the stakes structure. In a $2/$4 game, all bets and raises are $2 for the
first two rounds.
Bets and raises on the last two betting rounds are set at the higher limit
of the stakes structure. In a $2/$4 game, all bets and raises are $4 for the
last two rounds.
Four bets per player during any particular round is the maximum. This would
consist of (1) a bet, (2) a raise, (3) a re-raise, and (4) a cap. Once the pot
is capped, players will have only the option of calling or folding. There is
no limit on the amount of raises once the hand becomes heads-up.
Dealer Button
In Texas Holdem a disk called the dealer-button is used to indicate the
dealer of each hand.
The dealer button moves clockwise after a hand has been completed to the next
active player and this player will be playing the button for that game. The
player to the left of the button is first to receive a card and is required
to post a small blind. The small blind is equal to half the lower limit bet
rounded down to the nearest dollar. The player to the left of the small blind
is required to post the big blind. The big blind is equal to the lower limit
bet.
The blinds are live bets and have the option of checking, calling, raising
or folding when the betting action comes back around to their position. After
the flop and after each subsequent betting round, the first active player left
of the button is first to act.
Omaha Hold'em <top>
The best possible five card poker hand, using exactly two hole cards and three
community cards, wins the pot.
Betting Rounds
1.The dealer deals each player their own four cards face-down (pocket cards)
2.1st betting round
3.The dealer burns a card then turns over three community cards face-up
(the flop)
4.2nd betting round
5.The dealer burns another card then turns over 1 more community card (the turn,4th
street)
6.3rd betting round
7.The dealer burns another card then turns over 1 final community card (the
river,5th street )
8.Last betting round
9.Showdown (Every remaining player shows hand with bettor showing first)
All remaining players must use their two pocket cards and the three boardcards.
Rules for Betting
There are four betting rounds in Omaha Holdem.
Bets and raises on the first two betting rounds are set at the lower limit
of the stakes structure. In a $2/$4 game, all bets and raises are $2 for the
first two rounds.
Bets and raises on the last two betting rounds are set at the higher limit
of the stakes structure. In a $2/$4 game, all bets and raises are $4 for the
last two rounds.
Four bets per player during any particular round is the maximum. This would
consist of (1) a bet, (2) a raise, (3) a re-raise, and (4) a cap. Once the pot
is capped, players will have only the option of calling or folding. There is
no limit on the amount of raises once the hand becomes heads-up.
Dealer Button
In Omaha Holdem a disk called the dealer-button is used to indicate the
dealer of each hand.
The dealer button moves clockwise after a hand has been completed to the next
active player and this player will be playing the button for that game. The
player to the left of the button is first to receive a card and is required
to post a small blind. The small blind is equal to half the lower limit bet
rounded down to the nearest dollar. The player to the left of the small blind
is required to post the big blind. The big blind is equal to the lower limit
bet.
The blinds are live bets and have the option of checking, calling, raising
or folding when the betting action comes back around to their position. After
the flop and after each subsequent betting round, the first active player left
of the button is first to act.
Seven-Card Stud <top>
OBJECT: The best five card poker hand, out of seven cards, wins the
pot.
1.Players must place an ante into the pot.
2.Each player is dealt two cards face-down (hole cards) and one card face-up
(door card)
3.1st betting round
4.Each player is dealt one card face-up (4th street)
5.2nd betting round
6.Each player is dealt another card face-up (5th street)
7.3rd betting round
8.Each player is dealt another card face-up (6th street)
9.4th betting round
10.Each player is dealt a last card face-down (river)
11.Last betting round
12.Showdown (Every remaining player shows hand with bettor showing first)
Players may use any 5 of their 7 cards to make their best hand.
Betting Rules
All players must first ante before they receive their initial cards. There
are five betting rounds in a complete game of 7-Card Stud, ante not included.
On the first round of betting, the low card by suit is required to initiate
action with a bet equal to half the lower limit. Suits are ranked: spades (highest),
hearts, diamonds, clubs. On subsequent rounds, the high hand on board initiates
betting action. If hands are tied, the player to the left of the dealer acts
first. In all cases, the dealer will inform the players as to who acts first.
Each bet and raise during the first two rounds of betting is set at the lower
limit of the stakes structure. For example in a $2/$4 game, all bets and raises
are $2 for the first two rounds. The exception to this rule is if any player
displays a pair with their 2 face-up cards on 4th Street. In this circumstance,
all players have the option to bet either the lower limit or the higher limit.
If a player bets the higher limit, then all subsequent raises must be made at
the higher limit.
Each bet and raise during the last three rounds of betting is set at the higher
limit of the stakes structure. For example in a $2/$4 game, all bets and raises
are $4 for the last three rounds.
The maximum allowable number of bets per player during any particular betting
round is four. This would consist of (1) a bet, (2) a raise, (3) a re-raise,
and (4) a cap. Once the pot is capped, players will have only the option of
calling or folding. There is no limit on the amount of raises once the hand
becomes heads-up.
Mississippi Seven-Card Stud <top>
OBJECT: The best five card poker hand, out of seven cards, wins the
pot.
1. Ante, then deal two cards down and one up: Low card must bet in limit-betting
games, high card must bet or fold in big-bet games.
2. Deal each active player two more upcards; bet from highest hand.
3. Deal each player a fourth upcard: bet from highest hand.
4. Deal each player a fifth upcard: bet from highest hand and showdown.
Starting and raising requirements in Mississippi are about the same as seven-card
stud, with some marginal hands being made playable by the two card flop: high
pairs decrease in profitability, while straights and flushes improve. Small
pairs with kickers do better against the high pairs, but lose more often to
straights and flushes, so they remain about the same. Rolled-up trips occur
in 1/424 hands. Mississippi is playable (in the last-card-down limit-betting
version) on any seven-card stud simulator by turning off all fourth-street betting.
Betting structures: Half-pot, pot-limit and no-limit betting: in big-bet
(i.e., non-limit) games, all forms of stud require an ante from each player,
with the highest card or hand speaking first in all rounds of play: in the first
round the high card must either bet or fold, in later rounds the high hand can
either bet or check. The initial bet size is at the discretion of the opener
and can usually be as small as one ante, or up to the maximum bet size allowed
in the form used: i.e., half the total antes in half-pot, the total antes in
full-pot and as much as you wish in no-limit.
Limit betting structures: there is an ante, a compulsory bring-in from the
low card and bets typically double for the last two rounds, though this can
be varied according to player's tastes. The bets are usually capped at three
per round, except in head-to-head pots. (There is a good case for doubling the
bet again in the last round of all limit betting games - or even in every round
- to increase the effect of bluffing, but that's another story.)
1. Low ante: ante one unit, bring-in 2 units, raise 10 units. The maximum bet
for the first two rounds is 10 units, with bets doubling for the third and fourth
rounds.
2. High ante: ante four units, bring-in five units, raise 10 units. Bets double
to 20 units for the third and fourth rounds.
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